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Bach Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 Arranged for Cello Quartet

Edited by Charles Jacot


Title: Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 (for Cello Quartet)
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Instrument: Violoncello
Edited By: Charles Jacot
Instrumentation: Violoncello Ensemble
Pages: 3 for the score and 1 page for each violoncello part

Bach the immortal god of harmony.
-Ludwig van Beethoven, 1801

Though it was written as a movement for the D-Major Orchestral Suite, the Air is one of Bach's most well-known and beloved stand-alone pieces, and an exquisite example of 4-part writing.  It has one of the greatest melodies ever written, a masterful weaving of the middle voices, and a bass line that walks the music irresistibly forwards.

-Charles Jacot


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